..As Notch is maternally expressed in macromeres, additional components must be downstream of nuclear beta-catenin in macromeres for these cells to receive and transduce the micromere induction signal...

..Taken together, these results offer compelling evidence that LvNotch signaling directly specifies the SMC fate, and that this signaling is critical for the differential specification of SMCs and endoderm in the sea urchin embryo...

Characterization of the role of cadherin in regulating cell adhesion during sea urchin development

..A global phylogeny based on these regions strongly suggests that the glucanases are a very ancient family of genes. In particular, there is an especially deep split within genes taken from the bacterial genus Bacillus...

..The concurrent sessions offer valuable opportunities for graduate students and postdocs to gain experience speaking at an international meeting, and the workshops introduce new approaches in these embryos. ..